The Anti-Authoritarian Society is a Myth

Some always decide more than others, but it is only when the hierarchy is clear that there is accountability. In 1983, William Golding won the Nobel Prize in Literature. My father gave me The Lord of the Flies. I was only nine years old but recognised patterns of behaviour in the novel from my own life. ”Just like this”, I thought, ”is how children react when there is no sensible adult to control things.”